Source: Emily Unglesbee, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 10/11/21

Mexico's health safety regulator, Cofepris, rejected a Bayer GM (genetically modified) corn trait for import last week because it contains glyphosate tolerance, the latest move by the country's government to position itself in opposition to GM technology and glyphosate use. The rejection will not affect current U.S. corn exports to the country and appears to be largely symbolic, since part of the trait singled out by the Mexican government -- HT3 x SmartStax Pro -- has already been discontinued by Bayer.

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